Last year, journalist Swaminathan Aiyar wrote a cheerful essay entitled “The Elephant that Became a Tiger”. It was a snub to The Economist which had referred to India as “the Caged Elephant” in a briefing published in 1991. That year, a bold and visionary Manmohan Singh, then Finance Minister, oversaw the dismantling of the infamous Licence Raj and set the economy on a new path. Today, one wonders about the Tiger’s condition....
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By 2022, one in four of the world’s workforce will be in India. But a yawning skills gap and an almost complete lack of provision for vocational training must be addressed if the country is to make the most of this population dividend.
India currently spends less...
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India’s growth story now needs to focus on talent and innovation in manufacturing to provide the competitive advantage in the future. Currently, manufacturing contributes barely 16% of GDP. What measures can raise that figure to 25%?
Experts agreed that manufacturing can improve only through clusters....
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The position of Indian women is characterized by extreme opposites. Rural women have no access to education and few opportunities for work beyond agriculture. If a work...
